Necktie stretcher and presser.



P. BRUNSTAD. NECKTIE STRETCHER AND PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, I915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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NECKTIE STRETCHER AND PRESSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April lO, 1915. Serial No. 20,512.

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Be it known that I, PALMER BRUNSTAD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomer, in the county of Chippewa and State of Wisconsin,have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie Stretchers andPressers, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to a necktie stretcher and presser, and has forits primary object to provide a device of this character whereinneckties can be conveniently placed therein after being worn so that theties will be stretched and pressed to render the same smooth with allwrinkles or creases removed resultant from the wearing and tying of theties.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter wherein a number of ties can be placed therein for thestretching and pressing of the same, thus rendering the ties in fitcondition free from wrinkles or creases, the device being of novelconstruction to afford a holder for the ties for the stretching andpressing thereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which is simple in construction, reliable and efiicient inuse, strong, durable, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, com bination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing,and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention open. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing the positions of the parts of the device prior to theclosing thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewshowing the device partly closed. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal.sectional view showing the device closed and a tie clamped therein. Fig.5 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the device. Fig. 6 isa sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device comprises a'tray-likebase A, formed in two Sections 10 and 11, respectively, which areflexibly connected together through the medium of hinges 12, which arefastened to the inner faces of the bottoms thereof. The base A is formedwith the marginal wall 13 which at the longer edges thereof is cut awayat the point of the hinge joint between the sections so as to permit thesection 11 to be moved relative to the section 10 for a purposepresently described.

Swingingly connected to the base A is a cover section B which isconnected to one end of the section 10 through the medium of hinges 14,and secured to the inner face of said cover section are presser boards15 arranged in spaced relation to each other longitudinally of the coversection, while located contiguous to the hinged end of the latter andfixed to the inner face thereof is a holding block 16 having a frictiongrip covering 17 for a purpose presently described.

Mounted in the base A anduconn'ected to i the bottoms of the sections 10and 11 thereof are medial partition strips 18 and 18 which divide thebase into separated compartments 19 adapted to receive neckties to beacted upon by the presser boards 15 on the closing of the cover sectionB relative to the base.

Fixed in the strip 18' carried by the section 11 is a transverse rail orbar 20 forming a hanger for the neckties which are engaged thereon atthe points of the folds therein so that the stretches of the ties whenfolded will lie in superimposed relation to each other within thecompartments 19 to be acted upon by the presser boards 15 and theholding block 16, which latter engages with the stretches of the ties atthe ends thereof,

the strip 18 on the section 10 being cut away to permit the block 16 tobe engaged with the ends of the ties held in the base.

The neckties are slipped onto the rail or bar 20 from the free endsthereof so as to lie in the compartments 19 at opposite sides of thestrips 18 and 18' in the sections 10 and,11 respectively of the base.

WVithout the sections 10 and 11 and connected to the same to bridge thejoint therebetween are coiled tension springs 21 which serve to normallylift the section 11 so that it will be disposed at an angle to thesection 10, and on the closing of the cover section B the holding block16 grips the ends of the neckties hung upon the rail or bar 20, and thesaid cover section acts upon the section 11 to move the same against theresistance of the springs 21 into alinement with the Patented Mar. 14,1916.

section 10, thereby stretching the neckties, and upon completely closingthe cover section the presser boards 15 act upon the stretches of theties to press the same while the device is closed.

Connected to the base A and cover section B near the hinge connectionthereof with the said base are coiled tension springs 22 which serve toautomatically close the cover section. Also carried by the cover sectionare hook-like catches 23 which engage keeper pins 2% mounted in themarginal side wall 13 of the section 10 for the fastening of the coversection B in closed position.

What is claimed is 1. A necktie stretcher and presser comprising atray-like base formed in two sections hingedly connected to each other,a

cover section swingingly connected to the base, presser boards mountedon the cover section, a tie hanger arranged within the outermost'coversection of the base, means for tensioning and angularly disposing thesaid outermost section with relation to the innermost section of thebase, and a block carried by the cover section and adapted to engagethefree ends of ties when carried by the hanger to hold the same for thestretching thereof on displacing the outermost section in alinement withthe innermost section of the base.

2. A necktie stretcher and presser comprising a tray-like base formed intwo sections hingedly connected to each other, a cover sectionswingingly connected to the base, presser boards mounted on the coversection, a tiehanger arranged within the outermost cover section of thebase, means for tensioning and angularly disposing the said outermostsection with relation to the innermost section of the base, a blockcarried by the cover section and adapted to engage the free ends of tieswhen carried by the hanger to hold the same for the stretching thereofon displacing the outermost section in alinement with the innermostsection of the base, and a partition in the base for forming separatedcompartments for ties.

3. A necktie stretcher and presser comprising a tray-like base formed intwo sections hingedly connected to each other, a cover sectionswingingly connected to the base, presser boards mounted on the coversection, a tie hanger arranged within the outermost cover section of thebase, means for tensioning and angularly disposing the said outermostsection with relation to the innermost section of the base, a blockcarried by the cover section and adapted to engage the free ends of tieswhen carried by the hanger to hold the same for the stretching thereofon displacing the outermost section in alinement with the innermostsection of the base, a partition in the base for forming separatedcompartments for ties, and springs connected with the base and the coversection to tension the latter for the automatic closing thereof. I

4. A necktie stretcher and presser comprising a tray-like base formedintwo sections hingedlv connected to each other, a cover sectionswingingly connected'to the base, presser boards mounted on the coversection, a tie hanger arranged within the outermost cover section of thebase, means for tensioning and angularly disposing the said outermostsection with relation to the innermost section of the base, a blockcarried by the cover section and adapted to engage the free ends of tieswhen carried by the hanger to hold the same for the stretching thereofon displacing the outermost section in alinement with the innermostsection of the base, a partition in the base for forming separatedcompartments for ties, springs connected with the base and the coversection to tension the latter for the automatic closing thereof, andmeans for locking the cover section in closed relation to the base.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PALMER BRUNSTAD.- Witnesses:

En. KRANZFELDER, A. T. NEWMAN.

